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November 15, 2009 at 11:13am Comments
November 6, 2009 at 2:40pm Comments
![thedailywhat:
Letter Of Note of the Day: A telegram from former U.S. Naval Operations Chief, Admiral Edward W. Eberle, cabled to all Naval stations on August 22, 1924, ahead of an extremely close Mars opposition, requesting that airwaves be monitored for potential Martian contact.
[via.]
TRANSCRIPT:
WASHINGTON-ALASKA MILITARY CABLE AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEM: TELEGRAM
RECEIVED At 1308 1st Avenue, Seattle, Wash.
18RD B 78 GOVT DUPE
RD PUGETSOUND WN AUG 22 1924 | GOVT COMDT 13 NAV DIST 158 SEATTLE WN
7021 ALNAVST EIGHT NAVY DESIRE COOPERAT ASTRONOMERS WHO BELIEVE POSSIBLE THAT MARS MAY ATTEMPT COMMUNICATION BY RADIO WAVES WITH THIS PLANE WHILE THEY ARE NEAR TOGETHER THIS END ALL SHORE RADIO STATIONS WILL ESPECIALLY NOTE AND REPORT ANY ELECTRICAL PHENOMENON UNUSUAL CHARACTER AND WILL COVER AS WIDE BAND FREQUENCIES AS POSSIBLE FROM 2400 AUGUST TWENTY FIRST TO 2400 AUGUST TWENTY FOURTH WITHOUT INTERFERRING (sic) WITH TRAFFIC 1800
SECNAV WASHN DC
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Letter Of Note of the Day: A telegram from former U.S. Naval Operations Chief, Admiral Edward W. Eberle, cabled to all Naval stations on August 22, 1924, ahead of an extremely close Mars opposition, requesting that airwaves be monitored for potential Martian contact.
[via.]
TRANSCRIPT:
WASHINGTON-ALASKA MILITARY CABLE AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEM: TELEGRAM
RECEIVED At 1308 1st Avenue, Seattle, Wash.
18RD B 78 GOVT DUPE
RD PUGETSOUND WN AUG 22 1924 | GOVT COMDT 13 NAV DIST 158 SEATTLE WN
7021 ALNAVST EIGHT NAVY DESIRE COOPERAT ASTRONOMERS WHO BELIEVE POSSIBLE THAT MARS MAY ATTEMPT COMMUNICATION BY RADIO WAVES WITH THIS PLANE WHILE THEY ARE NEAR TOGETHER THIS END ALL SHORE RADIO STATIONS WILL ESPECIALLY NOTE AND REPORT ANY ELECTRICAL PHENOMENON UNUSUAL CHARACTER AND WILL COVER AS WIDE BAND FREQUENCIES AS POSSIBLE FROM 2400 AUGUST TWENTY FIRST TO 2400 AUGUST TWENTY FOURTH WITHOUT INTERFERRING (sic) WITH TRAFFIC 1800
SECNAV WASHN DC
257P
October 20, 2009 at 2:54pm Comments
![mudwerks:
oldhollywood:
via Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935, dir. Busby Berkeley)
[classic]
[TRANSCRIPT]
WESTERN UNION
WX11 19 COLLECT=LAKE WASAPAHACHIE NH 1019A
AUGUST SCHULTZ= MAY 18 1935
SCHULTZ STUDIOS 154 W 47 ST NEWYORK NY=
HAVE HOOKED A RICH SUCKER STOP COME UP HERE AT ONCE STOP PARDON ME FOR SENDING THIS COLLECT=
NICOLEFF.
1025A.](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krsh8zxVQP1qzdvhio1_500.png)
via Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935, dir. Busby Berkeley)
[classic]
[TRANSCRIPT]
WESTERN UNION
WX11 19 COLLECT=LAKE WASAPAHACHIE NH 1019A
AUGUST SCHULTZ= MAY 18 1935
SCHULTZ STUDIOS 154 W 47 ST NEWYORK NY=
HAVE HOOKED A RICH SUCKER STOP COME UP HERE AT ONCE STOP PARDON ME FOR SENDING THIS COLLECT=
NICOLEFF.
1025A.
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